Blender Foundation

At its core is the Blender software, to which thousands of people have contributed, and that millions use daily. Everyone should be free to create 3D CG content, with free technical and creative production means and free access to markets. As a community-driven project under the GNU General Public License (GPL) , the public is empowered to make small and large changes to the code base, which leads to new features, responsive bug fixes, and better usability. More help is always welcome! From developing and improving Blender to writing documentation, etc, there are a number of different things you can do to get involved . What: Contributions to Blender Modules, technical and user documentation design, code, testing and QA, demo files. Who: Individuals and organizations with any background, from all over the world. What: Contributions to Blender Modules, technical documentation, design, code. Strategic projects and initiatives. DevOps and infrastructure. Product leadership. Communication. What: Creative projects focused on pushing Blender development, developing and sharing Blender-centric professional production knowledge, such as training and documentation. How does Blender make money? Blender’s main income is via the Development Fund memberships and one-time donations. The funds are collected by Blender Foundation, which allocates them towards activities and operations aligned with Blender’s mission and vision. Next to that, Blender Studio offers subscription-based access to production knowledge and assets available through studio.blender.org . Blender Foundation is a recognized partner for many big corporations in the technical/creative industry. This not only via the membership of the Development Fund, but especially as official member of: The Khronos Group , Associate Member. Furthering open standards. The Open Invention Network . Non-aggression alliance for patents. The Linux Foundation . Supporting open source ecosystems. The Academy Software Foundation . Open source for the creative industry. ASIFA Hollywood , the international animated film society – best known from the Annie Awards. Blender is Free Software. You are free to use Blender for any purpose, including commercially or for education. This freedom is being defined by Blender’s GNU General Public License (GPL) .